Luna Moth

Last year I encountered this monstrous moth with one of its "tails" missing. We had one land on a tree near a feeder this weekend and after realizing it wasn't a leaf stuck on the bark I took these photos.

Peek a boo

Yes, there are A LOT of deer in River Ridge and they eat just about everything except the asphalt on Sideling Mountain Trail but I liked these photos from the past week. There have been some pretty small fawns strolling around but I did not have a camera to capture them.

Annual Picnic

A prepicnic midweek shot of the park followed by a shot during the meeting.


Wildlife at the picnic included the usual discussion on snowplowing and road maintenance but there are usually Canadian Geese in the river nearby too.


The other wildlife attending was our daughter, Poppy, modeling the latest in River Ridge attire.

Plenty to report so far this summer

It was a hot weekend which is probably why one of our newest neighbors on Milo School Road noted a black bear heading into the woods near Panorama at the Peak just after Midnight on Friday evening while driving up for the annual picnic.

After 1.5 years I finally saw a cedar waxwing. Actually, there were several of them together on a pine tree. Juveniles are lighter in color and it takes about 2 years before they develop the wax-like bright wingtips seen on one of these birds. These birds were on a tree just off Detour Road. (CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE). One photo has three of them in it if you look closely.



The hummingbirds have returned and we finally had a male (ruby colored throat patch) at one of our newest hummingbird feeders.

Although we see turkey vultures circling up high every day it's rare to get too close to them on the ground but I was able to snap this picture off Milo School Road when I saw him take off from whatever he was eating and land near the road. They have no feathers on their head which may protect them from whatever diseases lurk in the carcasses they help in disposing.

It's great to know...

I'm not the only jackass around town!
This guy scares the heck out of us as he screams and charges. Does anyone know if he can clear the fence or just break through it?? He is one very angry burro so I had to take this shot and peel out.

It's been a while...

We saw this Eastern Box Turtle crossing Pioneer Trail

A view near the top of Cacapon Mtn. in the Cacapon State Park.

Deer helping lawn maintenance at the Cacapon State Park this past weekend.

It's Poppy season and we couldn't resist posting this.

The phoebe who managed to quickly build a nest on our back porch light. There are juveniles in there now.


Other notes include a few wild turkeys and hawks seen the past few weeks. I'm not sure why the turkeys were light brown and whether it's seasonal or related to gender/age. If anyone knows feel free to post it in the comments.

Your photos wanted!

We won't be up for a bit and will miss some of the Springtime blooms. If you have daffodil, redbud, forsythia photos, etc. please post away. If you don't know how to get the photos up here just send pic(s) to me at mrglenn71 at yahoo dot com (written out to prevent the spam sites from grabbing the email address). You can also send via the RR Google Group as an attachment and I'll get it and post.
Thanks!
Glenn